The paper deals with enumeration of medicinally
important weeds frequently used by local communities of Kanyakumari district,
Tamil Nadu. A total of 93 medicinal weedy species from 85 genera used in
traditional medicines were identified. Majority of species are used for curing
skin diseases, fever, cold and cough, etc. Of 42 families, 20 families were
monospecific. Plants of family Fabaceae was largely represented (7 species)
family followed by Asteraceae, Lamiaceae and Euphorbiaceae.